Chapter 30 - After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

Munich Olympic Games

Palestinian terrorists kidnapped and killed eleven Israeli athletes at the ________ in 1972, hundreds of millions of people watched the drama unfold on television.

Taliban

There is the ________ in Afghanistan that is taken over and many people are trying to flee their home country.

peace treaties

The ________ at the end of World War I combined Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes into a new state called Yugoslavia.

Western culture

________ is a reflection of the evolving global response to the rapid changes in human society today.

Christianity

Fundamentalism in ________ was a movement that started in the early 20th century It was meant to keep the strict literal interpretation of the scripture.

II

After World War ________ the western world was divided between prosperous, capitalistic, and impoverished.

1990

During ________ and 1991 Gorbachev tried to appease conservatives who complained about the growing disorder within the Soviet Union.

Ukraine

________ voted for independence on December 1, 1991, and a week later, the leaders of Russia, ________, and Belarus announced that the Soviet Union had ‘ ‘ ceased to exist and would be replaced by the new and voluntary Commonwealth of Independent States.

Eastern Europe

The fall of Communist governments in ________ during the revolutions of 1989 brought a wave of euphoria to Europe.